Ironing board



Aug. 18, 1931. w. L.. KULLBERG IRONING BOARD Filed June`-'8.

VPatented Aug. Y18, 1931 isiaezi Ni* clerics.

WALLACE L. KULL'BERG, oiiMINNEAroLIs, irrNivEsoTA IRoNiNe BOARD .Application sied June s, 1929.y sriai 110.369.278.

This invention relates to an ironing board and particularly tosuch a board adapted to' be collapsed and stored in a small space,

' particularly a chamber beneath a table. Als.

5 iswell known, many modern apartments are quite small and itis desired to use the space to the greatest advantage. An ironing board which may be ordinarily disposed beneath the dinet table or kitchen table is therefore a great convenience. i

It is anobject of this invention, therefore, to provide a simple and eficient structure of ironing board which may readily be collapsed and stored in a small space such as.

a chamber, beneath arv table and `which may be easily and quickly withdrawn and arranged inoperative position. f

Y it' is a further object of the invention to provide such a board having a top member, aleg slidably connected thereto, a link or brace extending from said legto one end of the board, and supporting members connected to said link or;brace and arranged to cooperate with the sides of the recess in the table or other member to slide therein. It is'more specifically an object of the in- Y vention to provide an ironing board struc.- ture comprising'a table having a chamber beneath the top thereof with side walls, said walls having` slots therein with apocketat projecting therefrom movable in said slots and adapted to seat in said pockets, a member pivotally secured tothe outer ends of said bars and pivotally connected at one end to an ironing board top, said member being secured at its other and lower end adjacent the end to a supporting leg for said top slidably connected to said top whereby said struct-ure may be collapsed and stored Linder the tabletop or readily moved outward and arranged in operative position.

These and other objects and advantages of the invention .will be fully set forth inthe following description made in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views, and in which v Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation of the the end thereof, a-pair of bars having meansv table and ironing board structure,'thesame being shown in operative position and being lshown .in collapsed position ready to be moved 'under said table in dotedlines,

Fig. 2 isla top plan viewof Fig. 1;- Y j Fig. 8 is a view .taken on line of Fig.

2 as indicated by the arrows showing a portionA of the board in operative position;

Fig. 4 isa vertical section takenon .line

'l-4 of Fig. 1 Vas indicatedL by the arrows;v

Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken substantially on line 5-'5 ofFig. 4 as indicated by the arrows;

Fig. 6 is a vertical section takenV on line 6-6 of Fig. V2 as indicatedby the arrows;

Fig. 7 is a vertical sectiontaken on line -d'? lof Fig. 3 as indicated by the arrows, an Y f V Fig. 8 is a verticalzsection taken Online 8-8fof Fig. 8 as indicated by the arrows.

Referring to thedrawings, a table `10 is shown having a casing therebelow with side' Y members or walls 11, a bottom member 2 kand a rear end wall 13. Table l() and casing 11 are supported at one end of a strip or cleat ll secured to the wall 15 of the room, sind wall being illustrated as having a base board 16 and molding 17 at the bottom thereof adjacent the Vfloor 1S. Walls' 1l have legs 19 extending vertically ,at each side thereof :idjacent their outer ends whichy extend to and support the top of the'table. Small brackets or braces 2() `having curved outer surfaces are secured to the walls 11 and beneath the top ofthe table l1() which over-hangs walls 11. The casing having sidewalls 11 and botclosed by a door 21 connected by a hinge 22 to bottom member 12, said door having' a small knob or handle-21a at its outer side. The walls llat'ftheir inner sides are lirovided with slots 11a, which slots at their rear portions extend parallell to their t1 om edge of walls 11 and bottom 12 but at the outer ends Yincline vupwardly as shovn Vin Fig. 3, said slotsfterminating a shor'V distance from the outerv ends of walls 1I and having a downwardly extendinc0 end pt rtion forming a pocket 11b. A pair of bars E 3 are provided connected at their bottom side for a beneath the table. When the board is to be placed in operative position, door 21 will be opened and the end of board 29 pulled outwardly. Pins 25 will slide outwardly in slots lla until they reach the end of said slots when they will drop into pockets lll')Y and Awill be prevented from endwise moveportion of their length by a plate or board 24. Bars 23 have respectively secured thereto spaced outwardly extending pins 25 and 25ct which project into and are adapted to slide in the slots lla. Bars 23 at. their inner sides are provided with slots 23a, said slots being disposed adjacentthe tops of saidbarszr: and having V`downwardly curved outeriends .lmentbackward in slots lla. Board 29 is forming pockets 236. A pair of bars `276 arempulled,forward outwardly, the ends of pin also provided connected to be disposedy Ain 27 moving slots 23a until it reaches the parallel relation andhaving extendingtherefA-end of saidslot when its dropsfinto pockets between a rod 27. This rod projects at the. 2371510 that bars 26 cannot move toward the outer sides of said bars and has its ends distable.' Legs 3l are now swung about pivot posed in and adapted to slide V'in thefslots ,rod 3Q, eye-let33 traveling on rod 34, and the 23a. The bars 26 are respectively connected upper end of legs 3l and board 32 are 80 at their upper-ends by hinges 2S to-theiunderefbroughtjagainst fthe cleat 3,5, tonguea andside of a top ironing board 29, the ends of theslotin broard32 engaging-,to bi1-ingr saidml barse26 beingv beveledoi` cut at an angle-to legsyto a-vertical position. fVhen-in this g lit against the-bottom of board. 29. At theirepositionfthe' top 29 raised somedistancerwother ends bars 26 are connected by a red: above the,;top lof tablelO and theb0ardir 8.5 x 30 extending therebetween land forming; .ai occupies a; firini'positi-onias shown in Fig. 15; .f. pivotffor the leg members 31 throughwhich There isno tendency ofthe beardto collapse .-f

it passes, saidA leg members being:connected-or to Vmovie towardsthe table'on account :Ofwadjacent. theirupper ends by a boardao'r pin127 and;;pins,25 being disposed; in pocket M -5 plate-32. f Plate 32 hasn. screw-eye 33 se- 235 and 11b respectively. The ironing -.;b@ardv 9 9 it cured thereto andiproject-ing upwardly,there-fY structure-wis thus maintained in',extended from at an angle and Va rod-34 .extendsifnandf firmnpostonmf:

through said eye 33, said rod being securedsm From'fthezabove description it is seen ythat fra at its ends `in board--29 and .being disposedA applicantahasprovidedea; verysimple andan? intermediate its ends in agrooveor recesseieient structure-pf ironing-board andfenei 29a'fformed in the bottomof board 29 for af. which can. be quielrlyrandieasily collapsed al portion of its length. .Board-29 has a strip--and moved into a-,recess rsucl'i'as that dis-zor cleat 35 secured to its under side and eX-mclose'dr- The parts: of the device are quite tending transversely thereof adjacent its Yfewraznd:simplee'andfthe structure-iseasi-l outer end and over-lying the outer portion* made andv assembled. vThe;devicel'hasibeen' zll of slot 29a'. Strip 35 has alip or tonguef3z5an amply: demonstratedi'n actual practice aandeel at its lower end-projectingtoward,table 11-0 found'to;beiverysuccessful'andaeiicient.fi

and plate--32 has" a slotiat its vouter:vb sidew-` It will, of courseybe understood that Jvari-a;K A adaptedto embraceisaidlip when Atheboard; youszchan-ges may-be made in the forum-'def is in operative position. Board. 29hasanitails, proportionsandfarrangement of the other istrip-36 secureditov its under sideand irpartsv, without departing from thegscopefof extending transversely thereofadjacent-theinapplicants'I invention, fwhich, vv,.ge1'i,erallye other end Vof slot 29ar and over-lyingvapor: nstatednconsistsiina: device capableof carrye tion of the'said slot. 1.. ingr outstliezxobjeets 'above set forth, sinthe e In operation the ironing boardvmay.nbe `noviel parts,andrcoinbinations of partsudisfy collapsedl and' movedintorthe casingi-beneaths; closed and-deiined inthe vappendedclimi-msm .e table l0. When so eollapsed,.zthelupper:end` Y What :is elaimedisc+ of leg members3l and-boardy 32 move rear.- *a Y l. An ironingeboarmstructure having :in n: wardly or towalrd table l0 by eyelet33 'combinationywith :amember having.ajrecessaf sliding on rod34 as illustrated in Figi /with fwalls, 'a board having-alegfslidingly` Brace -members 26 then fold. ;up 3be1iea1th-and :pivotallyfeonnectedito its'ibottom sideim board 29V at each sideof legsi3l as shown-in. adjacent onefend thereof, bars pivotaillyl cone f dottedlines in Fig: l. The boardstructure ,fnectedr to said lega adjacent its'plewerrend-w can then ybe moved under-the-'tableby pushfandv yhingedly'connected rat thein otheraends ,e ing on the same, bars v23 being liftedislightly i to said;.board. beneathfthe ethenendftliereei", to lift pins-,25 out) of vpockets 1116,' afteixiwhich L: and barsepivoted' :intermedia-tether ends of bars 23 will slide rearwardly, pins 25a-nd 25al said bars 'landwslidably connected with; the f; moving in slots= lla. -Vhen'saidbarsearew walls of said recessswhereby said'rparts-mayi moved under the table the*` board-structure be collapsed-andmoved `into said reces-e will be lifted slightly to move rodV 27 out of l 2, Anironing board structure'hav-inq` i pocket 236 and parte 26, y29 and 31 can thenV combination .with table having fa; reces a be moved completely under-the table,1the therein with sidelwalls;saidvwalls.hauii ends of rod 27 sliding in slots 23m/2130er v2,21 longitudinalzfslots therein, menibeev4 movcan-thenbe closedand the.ironingisboardu able in said recess having means slidalile'fnv structurev is entirely disposedin theoasingmin said slots,saidzslotszhaving'nportions re-v 1Z0-'' ceiving said means to prevent movement of said member into said recess when said member is moved to extend out of said recess, a

' position.

3. The structure set forth in claim 2, said connected tov said first mentioned member V`and said legmember being slidably connected to said board.

4. An ironing board structure having in combination with a table having a recess therein, a member slidably connected to said table and movable in and out of said recess, a member slidably and pivotally connected to said first mentioned member and adapted to swing into alignment therewith, a. board pivoted adjacent one end of said last mentioned member, a leg pivoted adjacent the other end of said lastrmentioned member, and pivotally connected adjacent one end toV said board, meansy preventing` inward movement of said first mentioned member when withdrawn from said recess and means preventing inward movement of said second mentioned member relative to said first mentioned member when said board is in y operative position.

5. An ironing board structure having in combination with a table having a recess therein, a member slidably connected to said table and movable in and out of said recess, a member pivotally connected to said first mentioned memberv and adapted to swing into alignment therewith, a board pivoted adjacent `one end of said last mentioned member, a leg pivotally and slidably connected to said board and of a length greater than the height of said table, and an operative connection between said leg and said second member, whereby to support said board in position. above the level vof said table. l

6. The structure set forth in claim 5, a stop engaged by said leg when said table is in operative position and means for preventing said first mentioned member from moving into said recess when said board is in y operative position.

a member slidably and pivotally connected to said first mentioned member and adapted to swing into alignment therewith, a board pivoted adjacent one end of said last mentioned member, supporting means connected to the'other end of said board, and an operative connection between said supporting means and said second member, whereby to support said board in operativeposition at a greater height than said table.

n 8. An ironingboard structure having in combination with a table having a recess therein, a member movable into and out of said recess, said member comprising parallel bars having longitudinal slots therein, a second member comprising parallel bars having means thereon intermediate their ends respectively disposed in and slidable in said slots, said slots having recesses repectively at their outer ends for receiving said means, a board pivotally connectedto one end of said second member, a leg pivotally connected to the other end of said second member and connected to said board, and being longer than the height ofsaid table for sup-k i porting said board in operative position above the level of'said table.` Y

9.An ironing board structure having vin combination with a table having a recess therein, a member movable into and out of said recess, means for limiting the movement of said member and preventing movement into said recess when withdrawn to its limit therefrom, a second member slidably and pivotally connected intermediate its ends to said first mentioned member, a

board pivoted adjacent one end of said second mentioned member, a leg structure pivyoted at the other end of said second member, said leg being pivotally connected to the boardV and `of greater length than the height of said table .whereby said board may be supported in operative position above the pivotally connected to said means, a board connected adjacent one end to said member so as to fold close to and substantiallyparallel to said member and a supporting ymeans pivotally connected adjacent the other end of said member of such length as Vto'cooperate with said member to support said board with its top disposed in a plane higher than the top of said .table.

i ll. An ironing board structure having in combination with a table having a recess therein, a member slidably connected to said, table and movable in and out of said recess, means slidably and pivotally connected to said member and adaptedto fold into close relation therewith, an ironing board Aconnected at one end to said means so as to 

